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DESCRIPTION: Join us for an evening of conversation about the intersections
  between queerness\, East Asian identity\, and literature. The discussion 
 features three award-winning writers from different generations and writin
 g traditions: Chi Ta-Wei (The Membranes)\, Eric Yip (Exposure)\, and Ewen 
 Ma (Where the World Goes Sharp and Quiet). The three writers will discuss 
 their bodies of work\, creative processes\, and their hopes for the future
  of queer Asian literature. This intergenerational and genre-bending conve
 rsation explores the shifting landscape of queer writing in Asia\, and the
  expansive possibilities of storytelling. \n\n Speakers: \n\n Chi Ta-wei i
 s a renowned writer and scholar from Taiwan. Chi’s scholarly work focuse
 s on LGBT studies\, disability studies\, and Sinophone literary history\, 
 while his award-winning creative writing ranges from science fiction to qu
 eer short stories. He is an associate professor of Taiwanese literature at
  the National Chengchi University. \n\n Eric Yip is from Hong Kong. He won
  the 2021 National Poetry Competition and was shortlisted for the 2023 For
 ward Prize for Best Single Poem. His pamphlet\, Exposure (ignitionpress\, 
 2024)\, was shortlisted for the 2024 Michael Marks Poetry Award. His writi
 ng has appeared in Best New Poets\, The Forward Book of Poetry\, The Guard
 ian\, Oxford Poetry\, Poetry London\, The Poetry Review\, and Poets &amp\;
  Writers. He is the poetry editor at Cha. \n\n Ewen Ma is a Hong Kong-born
  speculative fiction writer-poet\, editor\, theatre deviser\, and a lapsed
  film and visual cultures scholar. Ewen has been published in Uncanny Maga
 zine\, The Deadlands\, Fusion Fragment\, Apparition Literary\, Anathema\, 
 Liminality\, and the Hong Kong-based poetry magazine Voice &amp\; Verse\, 
 among other venues. Ewen’s short story “Where the World Goes Sharp and
  Quiet” is forthcoming in the anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and
  Trans Futurity in 2025. \n
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LOCATION:Lancaster Room\, Somerset House
ORGANIZER:mailto:info@queereast.org.uk
SUMMARY:Writing Queers: Shapes\, Forms and Asianness
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